My 52-Chapter Journey Through LukeActs

09/12/2013

The Not-So-Pretty Backstory to My Journey

Backstory: Over the past 2 years I've experienced a decline in my intimacy with God and a significant loss of spiritual power. This August I cried out to God for mercy about my sorry state and prayed, "Lord, save me from this slow-but-sure spiritual free-fall!" And, light was shed on something that suprised me: namely, the sum-total volume of media I've been consuming (unawares) over the past few years, ...everything from e-mail to Facebook, to Netflix, to Instagram.

This revelation broke me, because I am aware some media that I ingest has a slow eroding affect on my soul (Breaking Bad became an addiction, Sons of Anarchy I had to stop watching). However, I've been naive to the extent that the sheer volume of normal daily media consumption has distracted my brain, diffused my affections, and disoriented my soul.

So, I cried out to God and pleaded, "Lord, what should do?." Instantly the following idea came to mind: "Start praying daily for spiritual revival and begin reading Luke & Acts as if they were one book, one Gospel, one story". 24 chapters Luke + 28 Chapters Acts = 52 chapters total. So, ...off I go. Jesus lead on.

"A Prayer for a Media-Saturated Man"

Lord Jesus,

Displace unworthy media foolishly consumed,

With worthy Media that consumes me.

Amen

Footnote: This blog is a creative attempt to hold myself accountable to obey this idea of reading Luke/Acts. It's a way to process and ponder what I discover. It's my way of renewing my faith and intimacy with Jesus and hopefully being a blessing to others in the process